<p>I was wondering if theres any Ivy that you think would admit me, taking my situation in consideration:</p>
<p>ACT: 26 (This is what's killing me!)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.25
I've taken the most rigorous course load my school allows.</p>
<p>I was borne in Puerto Rico, and lived there until I was 16. I decided to move to Houston, TX to get a better education that could prepare me for a good college. Freshmen and sophomore years I was the top student in my class, but it was a class of 40 people. Now here in Houston Im in a class of 800 and since in Puerto Rico I couldnt get higher than a 4.0 in my GPA because none of the schools offer like AP classes, that is holding me back in my class rank. That doesnt mean that the classes were good or not, its just that everyone in my school had to take the same classes, it was like a fixed schedule for everyone. Also, in the school in PR there werent any clubs or extracurricular, so I guess thats not good. But here in Texas I joined the national honor society, and a research group called Amateur Spaceflight Association. (we are building a rocket to send it to space, its incredibly amazing!!) Ive been trying to practice for the standardized testing, but it is so hard for me the whole timed test, because even though I can speak and understand English really well, its still really hard for me to accomplish the entire test in so little time. I moved to Houston by myself and live with my aunt and uncle, so I guess that could be impressive, how I left my family behind to achieve my goals </p>
<p>My next school year's curriculum is going to be:
AP European History
AP Comparative Government & U.S. Government
AP Macro & Microeconomics
English 4 Honors
Pre-AP Pre-calculus
Pre-AP Physics
Chinese I </p>
<p>Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.</p>
<p>You are wondering if an Ivy will admit you. Did you just copy and paste this on the Rice board? At least make sure you don't make this error in your essays or anything....</p>
<p>Well with that said, I believe it is possible. Even though you definitely need to bring your ACT score up and it is also tough since Rice gets so many applicants from the Houston area.</p>
<p>yo creo que tienes un buen chance de entrar a la universidad. te recomendaria que trabajes un poco mas duro para subir tu resultado en el ACT. el hecho de que vienes de una parte diferente a los Estados Unidos te beneficia tambien porque Rice le gusta mucho la diversidad. En tu ensayo deberias hablar de tu vida en puerto rico y como eso te convirtio en la persona que eres ahora. yo tuve una situacion similar a la tuya y vivi en colombia por 14 a</p>
<p>Translation:
I think that you have a good change of getting into the university. I would recommend that you work a little bit ahrder in order to raise your ACT score. The fact that you came to the US from a different place will benefit you too becuase Rice really likes diversity. En your essays, you should talk about your life in Puerto Rico and how that made you into the person you are now. I had a similar situation to yours and I lived in Columbia for 14 years. If your high school does not offer AP classes they aren't going to dicriminitate because in the application the advances courses offered are shown. It will show that you did what you could with the situation. They understand perfectly. Also you should think about EC's that makes you a different a different person from other applicants, things like help the poor and volunteering shows a lot about your moral fiber. I had same situation as you in the verbal section of the SAT and ACT because I couldn't finiish completely because English isn't my native language. Also, in the application there is a place where you write that and you say that English is the second language. In my essay, I talked about the difficultiers that happen while learning English and I worked hard. As it turned out, my total score in the SAT and ACT were lower than the other English-speaking applicants. Try to take the SAT II in the subjects that will be the easiest. I would recommend taking the Spanish and I got a 800 on it. Also I took the chemistry and biology because the sciences is a universal language and you have to know the knowledge and not the ability to think about English quickly like in the regular SAT and ACT. I did well on those, too. The conclusion is this: the SAT II is designed to show your individual abilities in specific classes and this should be related to your future area of study like mine because I will be a doctor. Don't worry about the low scores on the ACT because they understand it completely and you explain your difficulties in the essay. I directly mention it so that they understand that enligh isn't my first language. They really like a diverse and bilingual student body. The fact that you took Chinese shows your interest in other cultures (I talke about how I practice and appreciate my Columbian roots, speak Spanish at home, and everything else and that would contribute to diversity. But also I showed my desire to leard about other cultures and you did well to take Chinese). I hope that all this helps. You can contact me with a private message and I can advise you more with what I said and respond to all your questions. I would love to help you because we come from a very similar situation and it is my duty to help you.
-Sergio</p>
<p>oh ic thats cool man. sometimes i have trouble understanding the people that are second generation mexicans because they speak some spanish and idk but i just cant really do spanglish.</p>